Where does “เด็กหญิง” come from?

เด็กหญิง (Thai) comes from Thai หญิง, from Proto-Southwestern Tai *ʰɲiŋᴬ.

เด็กหญิง (Thai): girl

Definitions

  1. girl

Ancestry of “เด็กหญิง”, step by step

เด็กหญิง traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai หญิง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiหญิงwoman; female; used as a title for or term of...
2Proto-Southwestern Tai*ʰɲiŋᴬ—

via Thai เด็ก

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเด็กchild: person below the age of adulthood; young...
2Proto-Taiɗekᴰchild
Every word from Proto-Southwestern Tai *ʰɲiŋᴬ →Every word from Thai หญิง →